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West Bengal is a state in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies
on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region
of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim and
the country Bhutan, and to its southwest, the state of Orissa. To
the west it borders the states of Jharkhand and Bihar, and to the
northwest, Nepal. The region that is now West Bengal was part of a
number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The
British East India Company cemented their hold on the region
following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, and the city of Calcutta,
now Kolkata, served for many years as the capital of British India.. |
